Computer Security and Privacy

Dr. Patrick Kühtreiber

Biography

After obtaining my bachelor’s degree in 2011 from the Technical University of Vienna in the field of media informatics, I worked in the private sector in digitalization of processes in the field of human resources. In June 2020, I finished my master’s degree in IT Security at the UAS Technikum Wien. I joined the CSP group in October 2020.

Research interests

  • Differential Privacy
  • Usable privacy in the Internet of Things
  • Privacy from the perspective of developers

Publications

  • P. Kühtreiber. A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Privacy Perceptions Regarding Concerns, Responsibility, and Understandability. Doctoral dissertation, University of Göttingen, 2025. [LINK]
  • P. Kühtreiber, H. Bock, V. Pak, L. Hernández Acosta, K. Höffler, and D. Reinhardt. A Multi-Factorial Comparative Analysis of Perceived Privacy Violations Caused by Smart Speakers in Germany and the UK. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), 2025. [LINK]
  • P. Kühtreiber, S. Heimermann, S. Schillinger and D. Reinhardt. "We've Met Some Problems”: Developers' Issues with Privacy-Preserving Computation Techniques on Stack Overflow. In Proceedings of the 40th IFIP International Conference on ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection (IFIP SEC), 2025. Acceptance rate for full regular papers: 22%. [PDF]
  • A. Richter, P. Kühtreiber and D. Reinhardt. Application and Utilization of Privacy Indicators and Control Interactions for Smart Watches in an Employee Context. IFIP SELECT, 2024. [PDF]
  • P. Kühtreiber, V. Pak and D. Reinhardt. "A method like this would be overkill’": Developers' Perceived Issues with Privacy-preserving Computation Methods. Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom), 2023. Acceptance rate for full papers: 30%. [PDF]
  • P. Kühtreiber, V. Pak and D. Reinhardt. A Survey on Solutions to Support Developers in Privacy-Preserving IoT Development. Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC), 2022. [PDF]
  • P. Kühtreiber, V. Pak and D. Reinhardt. Replication: The Effect of Differential Privacy Communication on German Users' Comprehension and Data Sharing Attitudes. Proceedings of the 18th Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS), 2022. Acceptance rate for full papers: 28%. [PDF]
  • A. Richter, P. Kühtreiber, D. Reinhardt. On the Impact of Information Provided to Employees on their Intention to Disclose Data Collected by Smart Watches to their Employers. Proceedings of the 30th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), 2022. Acceptance rate for full papers: 30%. [PDF]
  • A. Richter, P. Kühtreiber, D. Reinhardt. Enhanced Privacy in Smart Workplaces: Employees' Preferences for Transparency Indicators and Control Interactions in the Case of Data Collection with Smart Watches. Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection (IFIP SEC), 2022. Acceptance rate for full papers: 23%. [PDF]
  • A. Richter, P. Kühtreiber, D. Reinhardt. Exploration of Factors that can Impact the Willingness of Employees to Share Smart Watch Data with their Employers. Privacy and Identity Management. Between Data Protection and Security, 2022. [PDF]
  • P. Kühtreiber and D. Reinhardt. Usable Differential Privacy for the Internet-of-Things. Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops and other Affiliated Events (PerCom Workshops), 2021. [PDF]